Device for taking down and putting up



(No Model.)

G. S. BENEDICT.

DEVICE FOR TAKING DOWN AND PUTTING UP AND STRETGHING WIRE.

N0. 339,256. Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

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GEORGE BENEDICT, OF )IAYFLOVER, ARKANSAS.

DEVICE FOR TAKING DOWN AND PUTTING UP AND STRETCHING WIRE.

ZPEGIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,256, dated April 6,1886.

Application filed December 8, 1885. Serial X0. 185.201. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen S. BENEDICT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mayflower, in the county of Faulkner and State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for TakingDown and Putting Up and Stretching iVire,of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements upon a device adapted tocarry the spools or reels upon which wire is wound, and by means ofwhich the wire is stretched when being putup, or by means of which it iswound upon the reels or spools when being taken down from the supportingposts or poles, such device being particularly adapted for use in theconstruction of wire fences or in the taking down of the same.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2is alongi tudinal section on the line x :r, Fig. 1, one of the spoolsbeing removed. Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views showing the separablebearings for the spool-shafts.

In the drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A A represent the side bars or sills of the main frame, they beingconnected together at their rear ends by a cross-bar, A, and nearertheir front ends by the cross-bar O,which also may serve as the axleupon which are mounted the supporting wheels B.

D is another supporting-wheel, mounted at the rear end of the machine,it being shown as supported in a bracket carried by the crossbar A. Itmay be, if desired, swiveled, so as to turn easily.

E is a bar situated upon the central longi tudinal line of the machine,and connecting the front and rear cross-bars of the frame, it beingextended some distance in rear of the machine, forming a handle, 'l, bywhich it is steered.

F F are shafts supported in hearings O O, and each extending from thecentral bar, E, to opposite sides of the frame, where they are providedwith cranks f, by which the shafts may be rotated.

G G are spools or reels, adapted to be placed upon the shafts and to berotated thereby,and upon which the wire g is wound.

I have shown and will now describe the de- I vices which guide the wireas it is passing to or from the spools.

H is a rod or roller supported in the front ends of the side pieces, A.This rod or roller maybe either securely fixed in the side piecesorarranged to rotate thereimas may be found the more desirable.

I I are rollers or other guides, over which the wire passes between thespools G and the rod H. In order that the wire maybe wound evenly uponthe spools, I have made these guides I adjustable toward and from thesides of the frame, the adjusting devices being under the control of theoperator.

K K are rods or bars pivoted to the frame and supporting the guides I,and connected at la It by hinge-connections with bars or rods L L, whichlatter are united by allexible joint at Z.

It will be seen that if the inner ends of the links or bars L are movedforward the rods K and their guides I will be drawn inward, thus causingthe wire to be wound upon the inner ends of the spool, and that as thesaid inner ends of the links L move toward the rear the guides will beforced farther and farther outward until the guides are opposite theouter ends of the spool. In order to readily make these movements,l haveconnected an operating'rod, M, with the links at their pivotal point Z,which rod extends rearward along bar E E to near the rear end thereof,where it is provided with a handle, an. Thus it will be seen that theperson who is moving and guiding the supporting-frame can at the sametime move the guides so that the wire shall be wound evenly upon thespools, or, if the wire is being unwound, move the guides so that theyshall at all times be directly in front of that portion of the spoolfrom which the wire is passing.

I do not wish to be limited to connecting both guides I and theiradjusting mechanisms with a single operating-rod, as they may be madeseparately adjustable.

N N are flanges secured to the shafts F, and operating to assist insecuring the spools thereto.

The outer hearings or boxings, O, are each composed of two separablemembers, 0 0, the latter being preferably hinged to the former.

This allows the upper member of the bearing to be swung upward or to oneside, leaving the shaft F free to be removed when it may be necessary,for the changing of one spool for another, as circumstances may require;or, in place of hinging the two members of the bearing together,I mayemploy a hook, P, to hold the shaft in place. The longer leg of thehookpasses through the bearing and into or through the side piece, A, and isperforated, through which perforation passes akey, Q, forholding it inplace. The other bearings, 0, need not be made separable, as the shaftscan be slipped directly into them endwise without requiring separationof one part from another.

If desired, ratehets and plied to the shafts F.

I am aware that machines for reeling fence wire, hose-carriages, andsimilar devices have been provided with adjustable guides, over whichpasses the wire or hose wound upon the reels or spools carried by suchmachine, and hence I do not claim, broadly, an adjustable guide, overwhich the wire from the spool passes to. or from the fence-post or otherobject to which it is to be attached.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. The combination ofthcsupporting-frame, the shaftsupon which the spools are mounted, the guides I, supports K for saidguides, and links L L, connected to supports K at their pawls may beapouter ends and to each other at their inner ends, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination of the supportingframe having the guiding andsteering handle E, the shaft upon which the spools are mounted, theguides I, over which the wire is delivered to the spools, mechanism formoving the guides in lines substantially parallel with the axes of thespools, and the rod M, by which said mechanism is operated, extendingalong said handle E, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination ofthe supporting-frame, the shafts adapted to supporttwo spools carrying wire, guides I, one situated opposite to each spool,and mechanism, substantially such as described, for moving said guidessimultaneously, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination ofthe supporting-frame, a spool-supporting shaftmounted therein, a guide, I, opposite said spool-supporting shaft, a baror guide, K, which carries the guide and is pivoted upon the frame, anda handle, by which said bar K is moved to change the position of theguide, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE S. BENEDICT.

WVitnesses:

GEO. DONAGHEY, J. H. HARTJE.

